The issue of racial profiling has been a controversial topic in the United States for many years, and it was particularly widespread after the events of September 11, 2001. When an individual engages in profiling and assumes that one person must possess certain qualities because of their race or ethnicity, (s) he is engaging in _____________.

A) attributing
B) discrimination
C) stereotyping
D) social loafing

Freud's theory has been criticized for being relatively untestable. It is still taught in introductory psychology classes, in part because of its __________

A) heuristic value.
B) shock value.
C) explanatory power.
D) ability to predict behavior.

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior is known as __________.

A) learning
B) intelligence formation
C) imprinting
D) cognition

This counselor communication style involves simply listening in the session.

A) Directive
B) Guiding
C) Following
D) Complex

Which of your text's unifying themes is illustrated by the fact that subjects sometimes report beneficial effects from a placebo treatment

A)  Behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage. 
B)  Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour. 
C)  Psychology is empirical. 
D)  People's experience of the world is highly subjective.

One in 1,000 women experience PPD with psychotic features. Some of these mothers have hallucinations that instruct them to kill the infant.

A) command
B) reference
C) olfactory
D) grandiose

Research suggests that positive emotional reactions to stress may have the adaptive quality of enhancing 

A) fear reactions.
B) social, intellectual, and physical resources.
C) avoidance strategies.
D) use of defense mechanisms.